Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-21
GETTING MoRE VIOLENT.

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The mob then rushed to the Burnett
thinking O'Brien was there and shouting
ITO hell with Home Rule!" "Kill him I
NEWSPAPER REPORTER GETS 1T.
Although O'Brien was not there, they
fired volley of stones at the windows.
and then groaned and yelled to theil
hearts content. J. M. Wall was wound.
ed. A correspondent attempted to
pass in front of the hotel on the
way to the telegraph office, but his
bandaged head attracted the al.
tention of the Orangemen, who
went for him with rush. He escaped
down side street, however, and took
off his bandages.
NEWSPAPER WRECKED.
The Canadian freeman, an Irish. Ca.
madam organ, was wrecked. Two hours
had now elapsed since the first attacks
were made.
o'BRIEN FOUND.
Nobody knew where 0'Brien was, but
he was soon discovered. Peter Devln,
| who lives on the corner of Washington
and William street, stole down to the
chief of police Horsey, and said "O'Brien
is safe with me-" Chief Horsey, with
Mayor Carson and six policemen, then
went to Devlin's house and brought
O'Brien to the Burnett House. The
latter reached Devlin's house in this
way:
HOW HE GOT THERE.
An alleyway near Newmans afforded
shelter, just as Maurice Hogan changed
hats with O'Brieu, and just as a stone
struck O'Brien on the back of his neck,
and just as a big, powerful Orangeman,
with club, was going to cleave open
his skull. The house of an Orangeman
named Donnelly adjoined this alley on
the other side, and O'Brien got in there
and was finally smuggled backwards to
Devlin's House. while the Orange
mob outside was yelling for his blood.
HE RECEIVES PROTECTION.
II will protect you to the hotel, said
Mayor Carson. Il will call out the ar
tillery." "You WILL" exclaimed O'Brien
sarcastically, 81 don't want your protec-
tion now. You saw the mob of demons,
500 strong, outside that hall, thirsty for
my blood, while | was addressing q
peaceful meeting, and you didn't disperse
them, Where was your artillery then,
sir? Lansdowne and Rowland winked
at the efforts to murder me in Tor
onto, and now Lansdowne and you
wink at the efforts to murder
me here. am not going to
gave you the credit of the pretense of
having protected my life, when you
could have it If you wished, but didn't"
The Mayor said no more.
COwARDLY POLICEMEN.
The policemen acted Just the same as
those at Toronto. In the early part of
the evening they would not permit any
OBrienite to wait on the outside of the
hall, and even said ''move on" to Ameri.
can correspondents awaiting O'Brien's
arrival, but the moment the Orangemeu
appeared on the opposite side of the
street, many with clubs and sticks in
their hands, there was no interfer-
ence by the police. They were al.
lowed to hiss and groan until
O'Brien came out. When the lat.
ter did come out the policemen
instead of making circle around him,
abandoned him to the tender mercies of
the yelling 0rangemen. who dashed
upon him. The policemen were the
first to scatter when the stone-
throwing commenced. The mob re-
mained outside the hall two hours, wait
ing to kill O Brien. An O'Brienite named
Rowland, had his check laid open with
the blow of stone. Sergeant Nesbit's
head was cut. The Nationalists were
unorganized, and not prepared for the
attack, being deceived by the exsraor-
dinary coolness and treachery of the Or
angemen. At the Bennett Heuse crowd
collected around 0'Brien, congratulating
him ON his escape. He was scarcely able
to stand On his feet. His throat
was full Of dust, and his
clothes bespattered. He said: "We'll,
90 through to the end boys yet" One
incident will show how the police
acted: When Mr.. O'Brien staggered
into the ulleyway after being struck in
the neck with stone, policeman in
the middle CT the street said to
the rioter, 81 saw you," but
he never attempted to arrest him and
he was allowed to Join his friends,
who shouted in triumph. Hes a
dog" said the policeman, meaning
OBrien. 0'Brien and party start to-
morrow for Hamilton, where a meeting
will be held on Monday. He will
spend Sunday at niagara Falls